CHI78IA050

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 727 · Lamoni, IA · July 15, 1978

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
July 15, 1978
Place
Lamoni, IA · LAMONI, IA
Injuries
63 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N7409UBoeing 727
Status
Completed · report February 23, 1979
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19780715044219I
Case key
140520

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0027  78/7/15    LAMONI,IA           BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  6  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1530                    N7409U              PX-  0  0 57                            52, 17404 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            6701 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAN DIEGO,CA                WASHINGTON,DC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
        REMARKS- PILOT SUFFERED TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK.

Aircraft

Registration
N7409U
Reported as
Boeing 727
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo jet
Damage
No damage

FAA reports on this event · 1

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